Zhu Youjian stood up on the stirrups, holding a telescope in his hand and looking at a camp under construction in the distance. I saw only thousands of men with bare arms and heads, sweating profusely and busy there, digging soil into trenches, erecting logs for fences, and building what looked like a large and sturdy camp.
Outside this camp, which is under construction with a frontage that is ten miles wide, there are groups of cavalry in yellow, white, red, and blue uniforms standing guard to prevent the Ming army from approaching and snooping. From time to time, there would be some contact between the two sides. The Ming army fired black guns, and the Jin army fired cold arrows. There was quite a lot of going back and forth, and it was quite lively.
However, the excitement is only for laymen. Now Zhu Youjian has studied military affairs for more than 50 years and has been practicing in battle for five or six years. He is an expert in killing people. As an expert like him, of course he has to look at the door.
The doorway is that there were a lot of close combats between the two sides, and it was Hou Jin's cavalry hiding from the Ming army's cavalry! Those Houjin cavalrymen had excellent equestrian skills and their ability to control horses was superb. Even Zhu Youjian, the "immediate emperor", cannot compare with them. But this kind of horse-riding kung fu is not used to fight the enemy, but to avoid fighting... This is obviously not the Manchu style!
"Are they all Mongolians?" Zhu Youjian put down his telescope and asked in a low voice.
"Long live the wise Lord, those are all Mongolians, and they are not warriors." The person who answered him was Duoyan Royal Concubine Batma Hong. She was the most beautiful among the five Mongolian noble concubines, and her martial arts was also very outstanding. She won many awards. The only regret about Zhu Youjian's love is that it is not easy to get pregnant.
Now among Zhu Youjian's five Mongolian concubines, four have either given birth to children for Zhu Youjian or are pregnant, but only her belly has not moved.
But it was precisely because she was not pregnant yet that Zhu Youjian took her all the way from Shanxi to Liaoxi, and now he followed Zhu Youjian to spy on the camp of the Hou Jin Army.
Because Batma Hong is a Mongolian, and she is also a Mongolian "female general". She was in charge of Dou Tuman Wanhu Orduo under Hutu Dunhan, and after Zhu Youjian, she was in charge of Duoyan Wanhu Orduo. She was very familiar with the tactics of the Mongolian cavalry.
"Long live the Lord," Batma Hong said again, "In the past two years, Huang Taiji has expanded the Eight Banners aggressively and established the Eight Banners Mongolia, the Eight Banners Han Army, the Eight Banners North Korea, and the Four Leagues of Mongolia. The number of Niu Lu he belongs to has expanded from less than 300 to more than 1,400. . However, it is easy to get rabble, but it is difficult to raise elite soldiers. Although Huang Taiji expanded his army to more than 1,400 Niulu, the elite soldiers of the slave thieves are still the same. They are even more precious when scattered among the large hordes of mobs, so naturally they are not willing to use them freely. It’s really a mistake to not be willing to use elite soldiers and let slaves and thieves be restrained everywhere on the battlefield!"
Zhu Youjian smiled and said in his heart: That's because he met me! It was I who allowed the battlefield between the Ming Dynasty and the slave thieves to expand from western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning to the Yanshan Mountains and grasslands. Moreover, my black blunderbuss and black cannons killed the slave thieves quickly and ruthlessly. No matter how high your martial arts skills are, I can kill you! Huang Taiji did not have enough troops, and the Manchus could not withstand the attrition. What else could they do if they did not expand the Eight Banners Niulu?
Batma Hong paused, and then said: "Huang Taiji's promotion of the Eight Banners military system to the Mongolian tribes can get some useful help, but the hidden dangers are huge!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded: "The Eight Banners system breaks tribal restrictions and opens up a way to increase military merit. It can indeed make up for the shortcomings of Mongolia... Huang Taiji extended this system to all Mongolian ministries to which he belongs, and expanded it to 40 Mongolians. The flag does have hidden dangers. Because the Eight Banners military system can make the slaves and thieves strong, it can also strengthen the strength of Mongolia.
If the slave bandit headquarters is strong, these 40 Mongolian banners can naturally only be driven by it. But once the slave bandit headquarters weakens, or something unexpected happens to Huang Taiji, the 40 Mongolian banners may take over the host! "
In fact, Zhu Youjian is doing the same thing!
His five Mongolian Ten Thousand Households Orduo (one of which has become the Palace of Prince Xin) also broke the tribal restrictions, rebuilt the Mongolian Thousand Household System, and opened up the upward path for Mongolian warriors from the lower class. Otherwise, even if Concubine Wu Liangha had a camel army, it would not be enough to fight against the Hou Jin army.
However, the leaders of Zhu Youjian's five Ten Thousand Households are all his Mongolian noble concubines, and the male members of the Golden Family have been excluded from the power center of these five Ten Thousand Households. They will be replaced by Zhu Youjian. Check your own children.
In other words, Zhu Youjian has actually served as the Khan of Chahar, and the Zhu Ming Dynasty has also completed the replacement of the Golden Family of Chahar - and the Golden Family has changed from a Khan clan to a descendant clan. This kind of The change is conducive to Zhu Youjian's transformation of the rest of Chahar.
According to Zhu Youjian's plan, these five Mongolian households Orduo will become the military and civilian households directly under the Ming Sai King in the future.
In addition, the numerical advantage of the Han people cannot be ignored. There are nearly 200 million Han people, while the number of Manchus is one million.
The former can be continuously replenished to the five Mongolian households to strengthen the power loyal to King Sai of the Ming Dynasty. And the latter's own headquarters is not substantial enough, how can it be dispersed outwards?
Therefore, Huang Taiji has no way to eliminate the dominance of the Golden Family in the 40 Mongolian banners, and it is impossible for him to send his sons to be the leaders of these 40 Mongolian banners - because he does not have that many sons at all!
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian smiled and nodded, "Hong, let's go back to the camp... and discuss with Yuan Chonghuan how to defeat Huang Taiji!"
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"What? Long Live Master wants to negotiate peace with Huang Taiji?"
"Yes! Nowadays, there have been disasters in the Central Plains and Northwest China for many years, and the people are in dire straits... Although I have the strength to defend western Liaoning, Yanshan and Monan grasslands, I can't provide the military rations to restore Liaoning. So I thought If I can make peace through war, if I can get Huangtai Ji to cede territory and make peace, and become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, I am willing to end the war. Governor Yuan, you have been in western Liaoning for a long time, and you must have had a lot of contact with slaves and traitors. Do you think it is possible for me to negotiate peace? success?"
Zhu Youjian returned to the camp at the ferry on the north bank of the Xiaoling River and couldn't think of dinner. I just took a meat bun and ate it with rice wine while talking about the peace negotiation with Yuan Chonghuan.
However, what he said made sense, but Yuan Chonghuan didn't believe a word of it - why did you bring so many cannons across the river if you wanted peace talks? Are you trying to use negotiation as an excuse to trick Huang Taiji out?
Governor Yuan knew it in his heart, but he couldn't say it openly, otherwise he wouldn't look like a loyal minister.
Governor Yuan smiled and said: "Long live my lord, I did negotiate peace with the slaves and thieves... In the sixth year of Tianqi, after the old slave died, I asked the late emperor for permission to negotiate peace with the slaves and thieves."
Zhu Youjian nodded, "I know this... Later, the slaves invaded North Korea and became Huang. Governor Yuan, I ask you, after your second term in Liao Dynasty, did you have any contact with the slaves?"
"No!" Yuan Chonghuan said resolutely, "During the Tianqi years, I only sent envoys to negotiate peace after receiving orders from the late emperor to do things for convenience. Your Majesty never allowed me to negotiate peace, so how could I dare to act on my own initiative? However, the slaves and thieves have submitted letters more than once in recent years. And... Danchen never responded!"
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "What kind of conditions did the slaves and thieves impose? Are they too harsh, so you just ignore them?"
"Long live the wise Lord," Yuan Chonghuan said, "The slaves have a wishful thinking. They want to be on an equal footing with Your Majesty. They also want us to return the Yanshan, Daning, and Liaoxi mountains to the Mongols."
Zhu Youjian nodded, "It doesn't matter if we are equals... The world is so big and there are so many countries beyond what we thought in the past. I, the Ming Dynasty, am one of the countries in the world, and there are many people who are equal to me. . But Yanshan, Daning, and Western Liaoning cannot be returned to the Mongols! Yuan Qing, do you think that if I don’t cut off the mountainous areas of Yanshan, Ning, and Western Liaoning, I still want to garrison Jinzhou and Yingzhou in front and back. Is Huang Taiji still willing to negotiate peace? "
"This..." Yuan Chonghuan thought for a while, "I think he is willing. Asking for the mountains of Yan, Ning, and Liaoxi is a big deal. And now that the strong Ming Dynasty and the weak slaves can get a situation like Goguryeo, he still has What are you dissatisfied with?"
"Okay!" Zhu Youjian said, "Yuan Qing, write a personal letter and ask Huang Taiji to come out for an interview!"
